Baking-machine.



J. H CARPENTER.

BAKING MACHINE. APPLIGATIOF TILED YEB.26, 1914.

1 1 28,407. Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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BAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.26, 1914.

1,128,407. Patented Feb. 16, 1915 4 SHEETS-SHEET 2. /l//II///II/r igIII/III Witnesses Wnventor b 4 Attorneys J. H. CARPENTER.

BAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.2G,1914.

lhventor JOHN H. CARPENTER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIU.

BAKINGJEACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. CARPENTER,

a citizen of the United States, residing fatv Qolumbus. in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulBaking-Machine, of \vh'ichthe folplates and at the same time pro lowingis a specification.

The present inventionrelates to improvements in' baking machines, andmore particularlv to thatt vpe of machine shown in U. S. Letters PatentNo. 1,014,375 dated January 9. 1912 and granted to J. Can one ob ec'tof.

penter and. E. O. Hofi'man, the present invention being the provision ofa batter ejecting or pumping mechanism disposed to operate in consonancewith the moving baking plate so that the batter will be'ejectedthereupon. without undue splash-- ing and in the desired -quantity toinsure the proper spreading of the batter'upon the duce the desiredthickness of'material to be formed into cones or in fact any othershape.

A further object of the present 'invention is the provision of a batterejecting or' pumping mechanism in which a reciprocating or oscillatorvacts as a propulsion member, a cut-off memberboth for the supply of thebatter to the same and for the outlet end of the device; the same actingto measure the batter toser cure the desired quantity.

vention, is ti1e.pro'vision of baking platBIiin which various shapedarticles may. be

baked. that is a complete ice cream cone, the female die of the samebeing a 'separabl die and having the/sections thereof moved to and fromeach other during the of tlie carrying element so that the-batterreceived at the proper time fromf' fflie;

pump. and is spread by the ejectingationc from the pump so that thesurface 0 female receptacle will be properly. therewith. the coi'npletedor baked being ejected during the separation of the sections at theoutlet end of the machine'so that a complete cone \\']ll be baked intransit.

A still turther object of the present 1nvention is the provision of asealing member disposed to cooperate in coniunction with the femalemember and carried bythe upper element so that the rim of the cone willbe properly shaped and at the same time the Specification of LettersYatent.

member is provided and Patented Feb. 16, 1915;

Application filed February 26. 1914. Serial No. 821.26

heat be retained for properly rolling and baking the interior surface ofthe cone dub ing the traveling of the various elements. 7

With the foregoing and other objects-in I view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the comibination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter.de-'

scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in'the' preciseembodiment of the invention herein desclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention. 1 In the drawings Figure 1 is a. perspective ple'te bakingmachine made according to and embodying the present'invention.

- view taken from, the pumping end of a com- 3 Y "7i Fig-2 is] alongitudinal sectional view therethrough: 'Flg. 8 is a. front elevationof one of the batter ejecting pumps. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a diagram matic view of the guid'es usedfor-separating=-- 'the sections of the female bakingmember? Fig. 6 is atop plan view -ofs'one of the female dies of the baking membenf-Fig 'lis a section taken on line 7'-7'-of- Fig. 6.

Fig.8 is a detail plan view of the male mem ber of the baking element.

are views similar, to Fig. 4 ofseveralimodie fications. Fig. 11 is aview'similartolfig.

of a pump to be used with theflat'form .tf;

tioned patent.

I baking plates illustrated in the before men- A still furtherobiect ofthe'present lnqg i Referring to the drawings. the numeral; 1-

designates the supporting frame or. structrated inthe beforewmentionedpatent, the

cure, which has mounted therein-as illusiower set or baking element 2and the'upp'er set orbaking-element 3. Mounted at? one by'an electric orother motor (not shown).

Ln order that the batter may be introduced at the proper time betweenthe respective baking elements and upon the fioating plates, as shown inthe patent referred to, of the lower element, a shaft 10 is mounted atthe 'inlet'end of the machine for oscil-.

end isa driving "spider l for theflbaking'i lation and has keyedthereupon by means of the key 11, the sleeve 12 of the plunger 14, saidplunger 14 be ng connected to the sleeve by means of the arm 13 andcarrying the lip 14 which constitutes as will presently appear a cut-ofland batter directing means. A segmental plate 15 is formed integral withthe pump or plunger 14 and also acts as a cut-off as will presentlyappear; The batter container 16 is mounted suitably upon thesuper-structure of the machine and has led therefrom in the presentinstance, two directing conduits 17, there being a battery of two pumpsused with this particular machine. The lower end of eachpipe 17 is ledintothe cup-shaped member 18 of the stationary member 22 of the pump,the chamber 19 being in communication with the chamber 21 of the member22 and as the opposite walls of the chamber 21 are grooved or slotted asat 20, the batter is permitted to enter into the chamher 21 both fromthe top and at both sides thereof so that when the pump'is in theposition as shown in Fig. 4,-sa1'd chamber 21-will be filled up to thetop, so that when the lunger 14 is moved to assume the dotted lineposition, the segmental plate 15 will act as a cut-off for the outlet 19and thus the batter contained within the chamber 21 will be ejected bypressure beyond and through the outlet formed by the lips 14' and 24,the outlet 14' moving to the dotted line position and thereby directingthe bat- I 'ter upon, the plate 28 therebelow without undue splashing-ofthe batter thereupon. In order to operate the shaft 10 so that e thesame will be properly oscillated to actuate the plunger 14, a spring 25is connected to return the shaft to cause the plunger 14' to assume thefull :line position in Fi 4,

while an arm 26' is carried by ,the sha t 10 a and disposed in the pathto be engaged by the respective pins 27, secured to the periphery of thewheel 28, so that at the presentation of each baking plate, the shaft10- wi l-l'be oscillated and consequently the plunger 14 will be'movedin timed relation so: that the batter when ejected from its respectivepump will be delivered upon or into the plate to receive the same.

When the present device is used in connection' with forming variousshaped articles, as for instance, the complete cone, and thusdispensingwith the manual shaping of the'same after being delivered bythe respective baking plates, each plate 29 carried by'the-lower element2, is composed of three sections 30, 31 and 32, the section30-being;the'central and stationary section, while the sections 31 and32 are the movable section and are each rovided with a lug 33 forengagement wit the respective tracks 34 and 35 mounted in the frame andin coactive relation therewith so that such sections may be moved to andfrom the Carried by the central 38 and the wedge shaped edge 39 so thatI when the same is released due to the separation of the sections at theend of the ma- ,chine, the pins-,39 will enga e the ape? of the articlebeing baked and t us eject the same from the mold, the movement of theouter sections toward the central section causing the ejectorto assumeits normal position atthe lower end of the mold socket.

The male member or baking plate 40 carried by the upper set 3, isprovided] with at single truncated member 41 for each female mold socketand cooperates therewith 'to assist in sealing the mold socket thereofand at the same time forming a rim upon the article being baked, so thatno rough edges are permitted. This member leaves the fe male memberat-the outlet end of the machine just previous to the separation of thesections of the female member and to a certain extent assists inloosening the baked article from the mold so that the same is easilyejected.

It will be noted'that the guide for actuating the movable sections ofthe female mold, are

so disposed within the super-structure and in relation to the spidersand other mechanism, that such sections are held closely together,during the receiving of the batter at the pump end thereof and duringthe complete baking thereof, the same being opened at the exit end andduring the lower travel when the molds are inverted, this assisting tosome extent in cooling the mold so that when receiving the batter therewill be no danger of the same burning and forming a crust upon the mold.Any form of mechanism may be employed to receive'the cones as they areejected from the molds to be carried away from the machine as may befound expedientt? Where this form of mold is employed, it is necessarythat the batter from the respective puinps be distributed therein whilethe mold is moving, although it is evident that an intermittent actionmay be imparted to the bakin mold 37 will be halte outlet of its pum Oneform of distributer is shown in Fig. 4, wherein the receptacle 42receives the batelement so that the momentarily at the ter emptied fromthe chamber 21 and such batter is distributed through the outlet nozm sdI a,

zle e3 which coacting v ith the disk sprayer or valve 44 directs thebatter in a, circumferential stream against the side waiis of the mold37 so that such Walls are coated. The stem 45 of the val e is guided sothat its end 47 is disposed in the path to be depressed by the lip l4-against the action of the spring 46, which automatically returns thevalve 44 to closed position to prevent any dripping of the batter fromthe nozzle.

In the form of nozzle shown in Fig. 9, the

same is so constructed as to be projected within the mold 37 tovproperlydistribute the batter therein, air being admitted after suchdistribution so as to force the batter upwardly and in a film upon theside walls of the heated mold. In this instance, the

directing member 48 is cylindrical and has the telescopic members 49 and50 mounted telescopically thereupon, -the reduced end 51 of the member50 being the nozzle member for projeclion within tne'mold 37. In orderto impart the downward and upward movement to the telescopic members,asegmental gear 52 is'connected to the shaft 10 and meshes with thesegmental gear 52 journaled at 53'to the tubular member 48, therebeingconnected a link 54 and pins 55 and 56 to the gear 52and nozzle 50, sothat such nozzle section 50.is projected downardly and elevated afterthe proper in= troduction of the batter; within the mold 237.

i A plate 15 in this instanceis provided with the air directing channel15* which is dispcs'ed to be placed in registration with the airdirectingpipe 15 when the plunger l t has moved sufficiently far to the;right to. close communication fromthe pipe 17 Thus the airpressure'assists indistributin'g the batter from the chamber 21 and atthe same time assists in forcing the same through the nozzle 51 and toform a film upon the sides of'the mold 37. I g

s In the form of pump shownin Fig. 10, the distributing member 57 isprovided with theflange-58 upon which is rotatably mount ed the coupling59 of the curved nozzle 60. A; gear 61 is provided andthrough the gear6'2 and the operating gear 63, such noazle 60 is rotated when within themold 37 so as to insure the direction of the batter upon the sidesvii-the mold;

Ih tliese'forms it is evident that the oscillation of theshaft 10controls the operation of all of the nozzles and as before stated, thebatter may be delivered into the molds 37 when they are moving or whenthey are intermittently stopped to receive the batter. In order toproperlv heat the mold, the heating jets 65 are employed and disposedwhen:

ever found necessary. \Vhen desired asingle pump and a single mold maybe employed, at which time both sections will be made to more and beheld together relatively to each other so as to be always properlyalined when moving to and from each other, such mold beingapproximatelyone-hall of the double mold illustrated.

What claimed is:

l. The combination in a baiting machine, of coopsrabie traveling haltingelements, a batter container, a pump including two jaws, one of which ismovable for ejecting a predetermined quantity of batterbetween theelements, and cooperable means carried by the baking elements andeiecting mem? ber of the pump for actuating the same in consonance withthe baking element.

combination with two coiiperable traveling baking elements, of means forsupplying batterthereto, incindinga con? tainer, a rock shaft,cooperable means car ried by the rock shaft and by-the baking elementsfor operating the f-roclc shafg and a pump, including stationary,jawffon'ren ceiving thebetter and a movable iaw dis; posed incooperable, relation thereto and connected to the shaft, wherebywhen'theshaft rocked, the movable jaw is moved toward the stationary s w to apre determined quantity ofbatter, ,1;

:5. The combination with; two coogqqrable traveling baking elements, ofmeans or slip: plying batter thereto, including-a container, a rockshaft, cooperable means carnied by the rock shaft and bygtliehakingelem'ents For opera ting the rock, shaih and, a pump,including a stationary jawkforreceiving the batter and a mcva lejarvi!disp'fisediacofips erable relation theretoand cocriectcdto the shaft,whereby when theshaftis rocked, the movable jaw is-moveditoward thestationary jaw to eiect; a predetermined-quantity 0t batter, thestationary;andmrovablejavvs of, the pump being -prov ided with1;coacting; guiding lips fifior; directing the ibatter in, graduallyincreasing; streai'nsd'during the; mo em t emor b e. ia e ,1; 1 t. In abaking machine, -theQcombination with two txiiiperable traveling bakingxele merits, of a batter feediriggnechanism in, cluding a rock shaftmounted at one'end of, the machine, a'batter container, a spout led,therefrom, a batter receiving and ejecting punip, including a stationaryverticaily dis, posed jaw l provided with a chamber; in com";inunication withthe spout, and atmovablei ja w connected to the,r'oclr-shaft for coactioni with the vstationary yaw to squeezethe batter therefromand simultaneouslyclose "the. spout when moved in onedirection,-, and' to; open thespout when moved! in the-,oppositedirection.

5; In. at bakingmachine, the cc'inbinatiorfl therefrom, a batterreceiving and e]ecting aiv'ith two cooperable traveling baking elepump,including a stationary vertically dis 1" posed jaw provided with achamber in communication with the spout, a movable jaw connected to therock shaft, coiiperable cutofi mechanisms carried by the two jaws forregulating the flow of batter into the chamber of the stationary jaw,cooperable lip forming means carried by both jaws and constituting theoutlet for the pump, and cooperable means carried by the rock shaft andone of the baking elements for rocking the shaft and the movable jaw intimed 'relation to the'baking elements.

6. In a baking machine, the combination with two coiiperable travelingbaking ele ments, one of which constitutes the male and the other thefemale mold thereof, the female tions, means disposed in the path of thesec;

tions for moving the same to and from eaelt other during the movement ofthe/ biking elements, a batter supplying means disposed in coiiperationwith the female mold'for injecting the-batter thereinto;to'coat thcWalls thereof, and an e ector fort-the female mold carried thereby andoperated during the separation of the eqignsi 7. In a bakingthecombination with two coopefiilile b" ments, one of Wh ch 4w. theother the femaie a naie and e female 7 :tions, means 5 I vtions for movi other during the movement oi? eiemcnts, 'copera tive means or o thesections to insure parallelism between the sections a. batter supplyingmeans disposed in coiiperation with the-female mold for injecting thebatter thereinto to coat the Walls thereof, and a closure for the femalemold carried by the male member to seal and slightlyfproject into thearticle being baked and-to form a rim thereiipon during thebaking'operation.

8. In a baking machine, 1116 combination with two coopei'able travelingbaking elements, one of which constitutes the male and the other thefemale mold thereof, the female mold being composed of a plurality ofsections, means disposed in the path of the sections for moving the sameto and from each other during the movement/of the baking elements, abatter supplying means disposed in coiiperation with the female mold forinjecting the batter the'reinto tov coat the walls thereof, a closurefor the female mold carried by the male member to seal the article beingbaked and to form a jtion 0f-means for supplying batter thereto, in-

cluding abatter container, a. vertically ,dis

king elerim thereupon during the baking operation, and an ejector forthe female mold carried thereby and operated during the separation ofthe sections. v r

9. In a baking machine, the combination with two cofiperable bakingelements, of means for supplying batter thereto, including a battercontainer, a vertically disposed jaw having-two parallel walls and acurved top, said top being provided with a port in communication with)the container, :1 mov-, able jaw disposed for movement within the wallsand top of the stationary jaw and forming a out if for the port, andmeans fordirecting h: batter from the stationary jaw-{tothebakingelements. mold being composed of a plurality of sec 4 none a bakingmachine, the combinewith two cooperable baking elements,

posed jaw having two parallel walls and a.

curved top, said top being provided with a port in communication withthe container, a movable jaw disposed for movement within the wallsnndtopof the stationary jaw and forming a cut off for the port, saidmovable jaw having a closure for the lower-end of the stationary jaw,said closure being open whens the port is closed and vice versa, and

means for directing the batter to the baking elem'ents.

11. In a baking machine, the combination with two cooperable bakingelements, of a batter supplying device, including a container, avertically disposed stationary jaw having two side walls and a top, saidtop being provided with a port communicating with the container, a rockshaft, and a mov able jaw operably connected to the rock,

shaft for movement between the walls and top; said movable jaw beingprovided with a port out off at its upper end and a lip at its lowerend-,said lip coiiperating with-the lowenend of the stationary jaw toform the bottom'of thereceptacle formed by the two jaws.,'when thGPOlbisopened, and to form a batter directing spout'as the movable jaw is movedtoward the stationary jaw in close the port and eject'the batter uponthe baking elements. 5

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own; I haveQhereto afiixedf py signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. y JOHN H. CARPENTERWitnesses: i

Tnnooonn WEYANT,

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